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		ZitchDog on Oct 15, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cult Creation It seems to me to be a type of Begging the Question[1] since the conclusion - 'leading a cult is a good thing' - is implied by the premise 'a cult is a group of people with good attributes'. 1 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question

nochiel on Oct 15, 2010 [–]

Thanks for that. Related to your reference was a link to "Fallacies of definition" which I think might also be a feature of this article.

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